removing avg8

[carlrowley1]

Hello
A freind of mine who had tryed to download AVG8 , but thought she had not done it properly,or it had not been installed, then went out and bought a new antivirus, and tryed to install that, but it now says that agv8 is already installed.

But it was not in add or remove programs, nor was it in all programs, so she had done a search and found some avg8 files so she had deleted them, but it is still saying that avg8 is installed.
She has a windows xp pro edition

Any ideas on how to completly remove it, i myself have some knowledge of the registry, if you have to go in there, but i do not know why its still saying it is still installed.

Thanks for any of your replys.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Download AVG and then Install it. (yes, install it again)
Once installed, restart the computer and run the installer again. However, this time, once you run the installer click Uninstall.

[carlrowley1]

nice one, carbon dudeoxide

worked like a charm.

I did some searching myself, and found that you could delete the avg folder in the registry.
But tryed it your way anyway.

thanks again 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Glad you got it uninstalled.

Do not mess with the registry, especially when you're trying to uninstall something. It's not as simple as it seems.

Oh, one more thing, what are you using for Antivirus now?

[carlrowley1]

Oh, one more thing, what are you using for Antivirus now?

As i mentioned this was for a freind of mine, who is now using kaspersky, the one you buy that can be installed on three computers. 

I  Myself, am using norton

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

As i mentioned this was for a freind of mine, who is now using kaspersky, the one you buy that can be installed on three computers.

Oh all right.

I  Myself, am using norton

Hmmmm.....Not the best antivirus software out there to say the least....

There are a couple better free alternatives if you're interested.